WelCom February 2022 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Gospel Luke 5:1-11 1 While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. 2 He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. 3 […]
WelCom February 2022 In 1910, Wellington celebrated the 50th anniversary of Suzanne Aubert’s arrival in New Zealand with a concert in the Town Hall. The money raised helped to build the Jubilee Ward for disabled children at Mother Aubert’s Home of Compassion at Island Bay. This photo was taken at the opening ceremony of the […]
WelCom December 2021 Michael Fitzsimons The Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand have expressed their support for the introduction of vaccine mandates and vaccine passes, saying they are ‘justified by the emergency situation that exists at this point in time’. In a Pastoral Letter entitled Living, Caring, Worshipping and Ministering in a Covid-19 World, the […]
WelCom December 2021 Cardinal John Dew has sent out a set of guidelines for the Wellington archdiocese to follow in the new ‘traffic light’ environment. Writing to priests and lay pastoral leaders, the Cardinal says he wants churches in the archdiocese to be open and welcoming, but at the same time they need to work […]
WelCom December 2021 God of each breathGod of this next breath:may this moment we’re inbe a moment now filledwith reassurance and grace:with kindness and patiencefor ourselves and for others.May it be marked by hopeand compassionby learning and unlearningmay it be a moment unencumberedby mistakes we’ve madeor results we fearmay it be a moment of peaceand […]
WelCom December 2021 The many and generous accomplishments of Richard Puanaki for education, Māori culture, music and Katorika Māori were further recognised last month with a posthumous papal award. A Benemerenti Papal Medal was presented at Mass at St Theresa’s Church on Richard’s Tawhiti a Maru Marae, Wairoa. Rīhari Tiki te Aroha Puanaki died in […]
WelCom December 2021 Annette Scullion After leading Sacred Heart Girl’s College, New Plymouth as Tumuaki (principal) for seven years, Paula Wells has been appointed principal at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Karori, Wellington. She takes up her new role in 2022. Paula is a highly respected principal, noted for her leadership talents. She began her […]
WelCom December 2021 It was with sadness that people of the Diocese of Palmerston North and beyond learned of Tony Murphy’s death, on 20 November, after a battle with cancer. Tony retired last year after 18 years as general manager of the Diocese of Palmerston North. Strongly community minded, he was also chairman of the […]
WelCom December 2021 Long-time Wellington Vincentian Terry Jordan has been elected as the Society’s new National President. Terry has been a member of the Conference in Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, since 2008 and has held leadership roles at Conference, Area Council and National Board levels. ‘I see my membership of the Society as a practical expression […]